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Crisis? What crisis?
— [Scotland's free personal care policy] | | Author(s) | Natalie Valios |
| Journal title | Community Care, no 1540, 16 September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 34-35 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Finance [care] ; Social policy ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | Recent media reports suggest that Scotland's free personal care policy is financially doomed, but a closer look behind the figures reveals a different picture. Scotland's population aged 65+ is forecast to rise by 26% by 2019, and numbers of recipients for each service - including private nursing homes, residential care homes, sheltered housing and local authority home care - is predicted to increase by 26-40%. The £2.5 billion total care costs projected for 2020 might best be used for supporting people in their own homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-0401004201 A |
| Classmark | N: KW: LHB: QC: TM2: 9A * |
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